''Footprints on the Moon'' (full title: ''Footprints on the Moon: Apollo 11'') is a 1969 documentary film covering the flight of Apollo 11 from vehicle rollout to Splashdown and recovery. It was directed by Bill Gibson and produced by Barry Coe (neither of whom have any other credits listed on the IMDb), and is narrated by Wernher von Braun, with Pierre Jalbert doing additional voiceover as

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. It was edited by John F. Link Jr., who would later be nominated for his editing work on the 1988 film '' Die Hard''. It is largely assembled from a variety of NASA and other news footage, with montage scenes assembled from still images standing in where no motion picture footage exists. The

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includes Philip Moody's ''Laguna Concerto,'' a short work for piano and orchestra. Although ''Footprints on the Moon'' was the only contemporary theatrically released documentary of Apollo 11, it was almost forgotten (except for an occasional showing on television) for decades, until it was released on DVD in early 2010,listing on Barnes & Noble web site. missing the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing by less than a year.

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* 1969 films 1969 documentary films American documentary films Wernher von Braun 1960s English-language films 1960s American films Films about Apollo 11 Films about astronauts {{sci-documentary-film-stub

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